BAND AND ORCHESTRA SCHEDULE
2009 - 2010
(The "Purple" Paper)

September
10 – Back to Band & Orchestra Night, 7pm, Cafeteria. Bring your checkbook!
18 – Deadline to apply for Jr. All State Band
21 – High School Honor Band & Orchestra Auditions, 6-9pm, Pullen MS
24 – Deadline to apply for Sr. All State Band
30 – Meeting for Freshmen Band & Orchestra Parents, 7:00pm, Room 01

October
28 – HS Honor Band & Orchestra Sectional, 7-9pm, Pullen MS

November
5  – Fruit Orders due by noon, Room 05
9  – HS Honor Band & Orchestra Rehearsal , 7-9pm Northwestern HS
13 – FALL CONCERT - 7:30pm, Auditorium (CO, CH O, CB1, WE)
16 – HS Honor Band & Orchestra Rehearsal , 7-9pm Northwestern HS
19 – Fruit Pick-up 3-7pm
23 – HS Honor Band & Orchestra Rehearsal , 7-9pm Northwestern HS
29 – HS Honors Band & Orchestra Concert, Kennedy Center,  3-5:30pm

December
3  – Fruit Orders due by noon
4  – WINTER CONCERT - 7:30pm, Auditorium (RS, SO, CB2, SB)
17 – Holiday Assemblies (includes Wind Ensemble alumni)
Fruit Pick-up 3-7pm

January
4   – Fruit Orders due
14 – Fruit Pick-up 3-7pm
20 – Small Ensembles Concert Auditions
28 – February Fruit Orders due by noon.

February
3   – SMALL ENSEMBLES CONCERT  6:00 pm, Room 01 ?????
11 – Fruit Pick-up 3-7pm
25 – March Fruit Orders due by noon
25-27 Junior All State Band
26-28 – Senior All State Groups

March
3  – ORCHESTRA  FESTIVAL CONCERT  7:30pm, Auditorium
5  – BAND FESTIVAL CONCERT  7:30pm, Auditorium (all bands)
11 – Fruit Pick-up 3-7pm
11-12 – High School Assessment Festival for CB1 & CB2
12-14 Junior All State Orchestra
13 – Orchestra Assessment Festival
18-19 – High School Assessment Festival for SB and WE

April
26-27 – State Orchestra Festival
27-28 – State Band Festival

May
6 – Massed Band Rehearsal 3:30 – 5pm, Auditorium
7 – ALL BANDS CONCERT 7:30pm, Auditorium
12 – ALL ORCHESTRAS CONCERT  7:30pm, Auditorium
26 – Music Department Awards 3-7:30pm (parents attend 6-7:30pm)



The Purple Paper
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Bon Voyage Concert
Thursday, June 19, 2008
at
7:30pm
in the Auditorium
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, 7601 Hanover Parkway, Greenbelt, MD

Come hear wonderful music and say bon voyage to the band as they prepare to leave to perform in China at

“A Washington, DC Area Band Salute to the 2008 Beijing Olympics”.

The Concert is free and open to the public. 
June 22-26 – Friendship Hotel #3, 1 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100873, P.R. China;
Tel – 86-10-68498888; Fax – 86-10-68498866;
http://www.bjfriendshiphotel.com
June 24 – Exchange Concert  with Chinese Band, and Massed Band Concert with 5 American Bands
June 25 – Massed Band Concert at Forbidden City Concert Hall
June 26 – Performance at the Great Wall of China
Beijing sights include:
Tian Anmen Square
Forbidden City (including a performance in the Forbidden City Concert Hall)
Temple of Heaven
Olympic facilities
Beijing Opera (attending performance)
Great Wall (including time to climb and a casual performance)

June 27– 28 Xi’an Hotel, No. 58 North Section, Changan Road, Xi’an;
Tel – 86-29-85261351; Fax- 86-29-87666333;
http://www.xahotel.com
Xi’an sights include:
Old City Wall
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Terra-cotta soldiers exhibit

June 29– July 2 – Holiday Inn, 585 Heng Feng Road, Shanghai;
Tel- 86-21-63538008; Fax 86-21-63543019;
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/SHGDT/at-aglance
June 29 – Massed Band Concert at the Oriental Art Centre
Shanghai sights include:
Bus tour including the Pudong and the Bund
Nanjing Road
Yu Garden
Free time to explore
Shanghai Acrobats performance

We return to JFK at 9:15pm on July 2nd. Then we have to clear customs, which may take 2-3 hours. There will be a bus to bring
us back to ERHS. ETA is between 2:15am & 4:15am on July 3rd